AS OF 22 OCTOBER 2005, A GROUP OF INSURGENTS WAS ACTIVE AND ROVING THE ROAD BETWEEN AN NAJAF AND AL HILLAH, IRAQ, LEADING TO BAGHDAD, IRAQ, TO AWAIT THE RETURN OF ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL 'AMR ((MUSA)). (COMMENT: ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTING, 'AMR MUSA MET WITH GRAND AYATOLLAH MUHAMMAD 'ALI AL-HUSAYNI AL-((SISTANI)) IN AN NAJAF THE MORNING OF 22 OCTOBER 2005. NO INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE TO SPECIFY THE INSURGENTS' PRECISE LOCATION OR ANY PLANS THEY MIGHT HAVE FOR ATTACKING 'AMR MUSA.)
2. SEPARATELY, AT LEAST FOUR UNIDENTIFIED INSURGENTS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED KHALID «JASSIM» WERE TRAVELING TO THE AREA OF AL BASRAH, IRAQ, TO CONDUCT BOMBING OPERATIONS AGAINST UNIDENTIFIED TARGETS. KHALID JASSIM ALSO RECEIVED FREQUENT UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH INFORMATION FROM THE BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL ZONE, POSSIBLY FROM MILITARY CONTACTS, IN ORDER TO MAKE HIM AWARE OF OPERATIONS UNDERWAY IN THAT AREA. (COMMENT: NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE TO INDICATE THE IDENTITIES, ACCESS, OR NATIONALITIES OF THE POSSIBLE MILITARY CONTACTS OF KHALID JASSIM. NO ADDITIONAL DETAILS WERE AVAILABLE ON THE TARGETS, TIMING, ADDITIONAL PERPETRATORS, OR METHODOLOGY OF POTENTIAL BOMBING OPERATIONS IN AL BASRAH